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E. w. BINGHAM.

Brick Kiln'.

.Patented June 23, 1868.

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'IO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONGERN:

Be it known that I, E. W. BINGHAM, ot Williamsport, in the county ofLycoming, and in the State of Pennb Sylvania, have invented certain ne\vand useful Improvementsin Devices for Drying Bricks; and do hereby4declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, and to theletters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of. my invention consists- V First, in the construction offurnaces with a series of tlucs `and valves, in such a lmanner that theheat can be regulated and conned to any part of thezdrying-kilnthat maybe desired; and,'

Second, in combining such furnaces and iues with a drying-kiln, which isdivided in as many compartments as may be desiredand provided withgates, for the admission .ot' brick, and with valves, to admit or shutoff the heat from the furnaces., l y v K In order to enablcrothersskilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will now proceed toydescribe its construction and operation, referring to the annexeddrawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure lis aperspective View, and l A Figure 2a side sectional view.

Arepresents a drying-kiln, of any dimensions required, and divided intoseveral longitudinal apartments, each of which has arched entrances, aa, in each end, and which entrances. are provided-with gates, b, to beYshut when the brick is put in to 4be dried. These apartments maybeprovided witha railway, so that the brick can be put in them oncarriages. Y l

At each end of the dryingfkiln A, and extending Aon each side thereof,furnaces B B' are built, and connected with ilues C C in suoli a mannerthat` the lines extend the whole width of the kiln, andthat the top of Ithe furnaces and'connecting-flues will be on a level'with the bottom ofthe drying-kiln, and the railway (if any is used) leading into theentrances ofthe kiln will be laid across the top of the furnaces rfines. The flues C C are divided with valves e c, opposite the divisionsbetween the several vapartments of the drying-kiln, as well as Aopposite the sides of the kiln g and each part of the fines so dividedis connected, by a sideiue, d, with its correspending apartment `in thekiln, `which side-fines enter the bottom of the kiln just inside of thegates I1 as shown in 5322. f

The side-Ihres d d can be closed and shut od" from the ues 'O C by meansof the valves e e, situated at the end ofthe kiln, so that the heat inthe lues C C need not be communicated toithe kiln, or can becommunicated only to such apartments thereof as are desired to be used.y

By this arrangement, the heat from the `furnaces B B will be conducted,through the lines C C and sidefines d d, to one apartment of thedryingdciln A, an'd then, through side-lines'and fines, backthrough`anothe'r apartment, and so on 'through the whole kiln, untilcarried out through the smoke-'stack D; or, some of the valves e and dmay be closed, so that the heat willonly pass through such oftheapartments as it may be desired to use, thereby making a great saving inthe quantity of fuel use d. l There may only be one furnace, or theremay be several, for instance, one at each end ofthe kiln, and on Itheside thereof, as shown in the drawings, and one, two, or more of themmay be used at a time, according to the size oi' the drying-kiln, andnumber of apz'irtments in use. y

4Iilaving thus full'y described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is '.llie combination andarrangement of the drying-kiln A with its apartments,arched entrances aa, gates b I), side-lues d d, and the valves c e, and the furnaces B Bwith fines` C VC and valves c e, substantially as and for thepurposesherein set forth. l

In testimony that I claim the foregoing,-I have hereunto set my hand,this 13th day of May, 1868.

E. W. BINGHAM.

Witnesses:

C. M. ALEXANDER, J. M. MAsoN.

